June data from Cass Information Systems showed a decline in shipments but expenditures continued to rise.
Schneider National announced improved transit times on its cross-border intermodal service with Canadian Pacific Kansas City.
Carrier Logistics, Inc. announced that its freight management system now supports the automatic population of data entry fields from a bill of lading.
An electric Tesla semi recently piloted by ArcBest performed comparably to its diesel counterparts, the company announced Wednesday.
A filing with a federal bankruptcy court in Delaware shows Yellow Corp. will liquidate four terminals for $4 million.
Cold storage facility operator Lineage has acquired three locations in Canada and plans to expand another three locations in the country by the middle of next year.
May data from Cass Information Systems shows continued pressure on freight demand, but carriers are experiencing some pricing relief.
Forward Air announced the departure of three board members following a push from activist investor Ancora Holdings Group.
As tariff talk cools, intermodal carriers are becoming more upbeat.
Easy comps and dynamic pricing have ArcBest back in growth mode, but yields are now lagging.
Less-than-truckload carrier Saia reported a decline in tonnage for the first time since Yellow Corp. closed.
Supply chain SaaS provider Descartes said a 7% reduction in head count is prudent given uncertainty in the market.
Less-than-truckload carrier XPO saw a volume decline in May that was in line with its previous guidance.
Old Dominion Freight Line said in a Wednesday update that the soft trends experienced so far in 2025 continued through May.
Various transportation metrics maintained recent growth trajectories in May, according to a monthly survey of supply chain managers.
Yellow Corp. has asked a federal bankruptcy court to approve four terminal sale agreements totaling $6.8 million.
Activist investor Ancora said an independent proxy adviser is backing its plea to Forward Air shareholders to vote against three legacy directors who served during the ill-conceived Omni Logistics acquisition.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has expanded its premium intermodal offering, Quantum, to businesses in Mexico.
Cold storage warehouse operator Americold said it has started building an $80 million facility at Canada’s Port Saint John.
ArcBest announced it has hired former C.H. Robinson brokerage President Mac Pinkerton to lead operations at its asset-light logistics segment.
Providence Equity Partners has acquired a controlling stake in Global Critical Logistics.
North America’s third-largest full truckload broker, RXO, believes spot rates will continue to step higher.
Less-than-truckload carrier Averitt announced it has inked a partnership with Western carrier Best Overnite Express.
Activist investor Ancora is doubling down on efforts at Forward Air to shake up the board and force the company to sell.
Less-than-truckload carrier Pitt Ohio has opened a terminal near the Port of Norfolk.
Private equity firm Cambridge Capital announced it is combining its majority-owned broker Everest Transportation Systems with fellow 3PL Simple Logistics.
FedEx Corp. has announced the new leaders for less-than-truckload carrier FedEx Freight following a 2026 spinoff.
Kenan Advantage Group acquires the largest milk hauler on Canada’s Atlantic Coast.
April data from Cass Information Systems showed some stabilization on the freight industry’s path to recovery.
ArcBest has provided an update on a pilot for its freight dimensioning tech on forklifts and announced a key hire in the unit.
Truckload carrier Pamt Corp. has announced the resignation of its CEO.
Freight broker Landstar System reported a messy first quarter, dragged down by insurance costs, fraud and stolen cargo.
Radiant Logistics reported better-than-expected results for its fiscal third quarter ended March 31.
Cold storage real estate investment trust Americold said it has seen a significant slowdown in demand over the past 30 to 45 days.
Forward Air’s first-quarter update provides investors with little insight into an ongoing strategic review of the company.
Activist investor Ancora Holdings Group is asking Forward Air’s shareholders to vote against three board members at the upcoming annual meeting.
Transportation metrics were mixed in April, according to the Logistics Managers’ Index.
Returning bidder Saia headlines a list of mostly newcomers vying for Yellow’s terminals.
Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Kenco said Monday it has acquired the 3PL arm of Ontario, Canada-based company Drexel Industries.
Bulk liquid hauler Premier Bulk Systems has acquired Canadian peer Longhorn Transportation.
Forward Air is seeking shareholder approval to reincorporate in Delaware, where it may be easier to sell the company or seek other strategic alternatives.
Schneider National is still targeting 2025 as a growth year but not likely as robust as hoped due to trade uncertainty.
Schneider National posted a rare earnings beat in what was a tough quarter for transportation companies.
Heartland Express booked another net loss during the first quarter.
Less-than-truckload carrier XPO reiterated its outlook for margin improvement in 2025 even if the economy doesn’t cooperate.
Less-than-truckload carrier XPO is one of the few transportation companies to report better-than-expected results for the first quarter.
ArcBest said it’s still seeing a rational less-than-truckload pricing environment and expects a normal seasonal uptick in demand during the second quarter.
ArcBest reported a miss for the first quarter as it balances keeping its network full with finding decently margined freight.
Broker Landstar System has delayed its first-quarter report as it further investigates what it says was fraud tied to an independent agent working under its freight forwarding operation.
Saia’s shares are getting punished as the company’s ambitious growth efforts have been derailed by a trade war.
Less-than-truckload carrier Saia’s first quarter was much worse than analysts feared.
Prologis said Thursday that a new electric vehicle charging platform will let users circumvent utility connectivity issues in markets where infrastructure is lagging.
Pamt Corp. reported a sixth straight operating loss in its truckload business during the first quarter.
Knight-Swift Transportation said some customers are delaying decision making and others are drawing down inventories as the market awaits some resolution on U.S. trade policy.
Knight-Swift Transportation lowered its second-quarter outlook and didn’t provide third-quarter guidance due to a “fluid trade policy,” which is weighing on customer decision making.
Old Dominion Freight Line is only modestly altering near-term plans as it looks to take market share during the next less-than-truckload upswing.
Old Dominion Freight Line beat first-quarter expectations on Wednesday but lowered its capex budget as demand weakness lingers.
Freight forwarder AIT Worldwide Logistics announced it has acquired a Miami-based forwarder.
Forward Air on Monday updated its first-quarter expectations for a second time.
Investment firm Stonepeak has acquired energy-focused transportation and logistics company Dupre Logistics.
Logistics warehouse operator Prologis reiterated its 2025 guidance on Wednesday but noted that uncertainty around a volatile trade landscape has customers delaying leasing decisions.
Logistics real estate investment trust Prologis beat first-quarter expectations and maintained its full-year 2025 outlook but noted “policy uncertainty is making customers more cautious.”
J.B. Hunt Transport Services said it’s remaining rate-disciplined on the intermodal front, allowing some business to walk as it works to improve yields and margins in the segment.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services’ first-quarter earnings result came in ahead of recently lowered forecasts.
Third-party logistics provider FitzMark announced the acquisition of brokers High Point Logistics and Pentonix Freight.
Freight data from Cass Information Systems shows the industry closed the first quarter on a down note.
Amazon has announced an inbound-only less-than-truckload service providing vendors that can’t fill a full trailer with a cheaper option to ship freight to its distribution centers.
Forward Air said Wednesday that 10% to 15% of last year’s revenue would have been impacted by the new tariffs.
The TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index showed recent trends in truckload and less-than-truckload pricing will continue for another quarter.
Less-than-truckload stocks bore the brunt of Liberation Day tariffs, falling 18% on average following the announcement and adding to an already down year.
Less-than-truckload carrier Saia has restructured its customer service function and will now have local terminals rather than remote representatives handle the inbound.
Turvo said Thursday that SMC3’s less-than-truckload freight management tools can now be accessed through its TMS.
Vertical Cold Storage has acquired Arctic Logistics and its warehouse serving the Detroit-Ontario, Canada, region.
Cold storage facility operator Lineage has acquired Bellingham Cold Storage and its three warehouses.
A supply chain sentiment survey logged its third-fastest rate of decline during March, with transportation datasets seeing further cooling.
Details around final distributions to Yellow Corp.’s creditors are out, but the company’s largest shareholder may not be on board.
Susquehanna Financial Group lowered its earnings forecasts for the truckload, intermodal and logistics companies it follows.
An internal memo at liquid bulk hauler MC Tank Transport shows the company has been sold to Kenan Advantage Group.
Real estate investment trust Prologis said the need for more e-commerce fulfillment space is growing.
FedEx is working on several fronts to shore up its less-than-truckload business ahead of a 2026 spinoff.
Defunct Yellow Corp. liquidates another property as creditors await a final bankruptcy plan.
Less-than-truckload carrier Roadrunner said it has added 278 direct metro-to-metro routes.
Yellow’s final bankruptcy plan didn’t garner the needed support and will now be countered by a competing plan from the estate’s unsecured creditors.
Cass data for February showed a bounce back in shipments after a messy January, but uncertainty now hangs over a tepid demand environment.
Knight-Swift Transportation has added former Saia Chief Financial Officer Doug Col to its board.
ContainerPort Group’s parent has acquired Dray Alliance, creating one of the largest dray networks serving the Southern California ports.
ArcBest said it added more truckload freight in February to stem the volume declines at its less-than-truckload business.
Deutsche Bank relaunched coverage of the transportation space on Friday with a strong bias toward companies most likely to benefit from a pickup in the industrial economy.
Kenan Advantage Group has acquired Mobile, Alabama-based Evergreen Transport for an undisclosed sum.
Supply chain software provider Descartes is benefiting from a quick-changing tariff environment.
The Teamsters union told members it is appealing a bankruptcy court’s decision finding Yellow Corp. not liable for failing to provide proper notification ahead of mass layoffs.
Less-than-truckload carrier XPO’s February tonnage decline isn’t as bad as the headline result suggests.
Less-than-truckload carriers Old Dominion and Saia maintained their respective growth strategies in February while both await a market turn.
Supply chain managers stockpiled goods again in February in efforts to outrun looming tariffs.
Radiant Logistics has acquired California-based freight forwarder Transcon Shipping.
A federal bankruptcy court has been asked to approve settlement agreements between Yellow Corp. and two groups of former employees who were given shortened layoff notifications.
Allstates WorldCargo announced it has acquired freight forwarding peer Saturn Freight Systems.
A federal bankruptcy court in Delaware sided with Yellow’s rationale for shortening the layoff notification period to union employees.
Forward Air has largely finished the integration of Omni Logistics and now needs a much-improved demand environment to return margins to former levels and pay down debt.
Temperature-controlled warehouse owner Lineage Inc. said customer inventories have stabilized at lower levels but it again expects earnings to step higher in 2025.